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Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote Control
Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote Control
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $116.97 (On sale from $124.97)
You Save: $133.02 (53%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(based on 1395 reviews)
Category: CE

Publisher: Logitech
Studio: Logitech
Brand: Logitech
Label: Logitech
Media: Electronics
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Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 10.5 x 6.5

MPN: 966187-0403
Model: 966187-0403
UPC: 097855031792
EAN: 0840356813028
ASIN: B00093IIRA

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Optimized for complicated HDTV and PVR systems
  • Quickly choose a 16:9 or 4:3 ratio depending on the program source
  • Includes a sleek docking station that keeps the remote fully charged
  • Color LCD is both functional and stylish, with user-customizable backgrounds, button icons and text
  • On-screen battery level indicator shows you charge status

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote puts you in control of your entire audio-video system with just one button. It's home entertainment the way it should be - simple. Optimized for complicated HDTV and PVR systems, the Harmony 880 helps you tame tough configurations like switching your television between video aspect ratios depending on the program source. The interactive color display lets you quickly choose a 16: 9 ratio for movies and HDTV, or a standard 4: 3 ratio for basic television programming.

From the Manufacturer

The Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote puts you in control of your entire audio-video system with just one button. It's home entertainment the way it should be--simple.

Optimized for complicated HDTV and PVR systems, the Harmony 880 helps you tame tough configurations like switching your television between video aspect ratios depending on the program source. The interactive color display lets you quickly choose a 16:9 ratio for movies and HDTV, or a standard 4:3 ratio for basic television programming.

Color display
Why settle for another boring remote? The Harmony 880s color LCD is both functional and stylish, with user-customizable backgrounds, activity selections, button icons and text.

  • Ample space for up to eight custom activities or controls
  • On-screen battery level indicator shows you charge status

Recharging station
Never replace batteries again. The Harmony 880 includes a sleek docking station that keeps the remote fully charged. Your family will always know where to put the remote?and youll always know where to find it!

  • Lithium-ion battery provides up to a one-week charge under normal use
  • The horizontal docking station allows remote to be used while charging

Award-winning Logitech Industrial Design
High-end systems deserve a high-end remote. Designed with brushed chrome and charcoal accents, a color LCD display and a low-profile recharging station, the Harmony 880 Remote will match your most advanced audio-video components perfectly.

Logitech has won a total of eight Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) in the past two years, including five of Japans prestigious 2004 Good Design Awards. This experience helped us design the Harmony 880. Featuring a comfort grip shape and a centered directional pad, it fits easily in your hand and naturally guides you to the most frequently used controls. Even the buttons are sculpted, to help you locate them by feel not sight.

Patented Smart State Technology
Smart State Technology allows the Harmony remote to completely control an entertainment system by knowing how to control each separate component while tracking the current state of up to 15 devices simultaneously.
  • Easy to set-up
  • Easy to use
  • Easy to get help
  • Never out of date

Package Contents

  • Harmony 880 remote control
  • Recharging Station
  • AC adapter
  • USB cable
  • Lithium-ion battery
  • Installation CD
  • Installation guide

System Requirements

  • IBM compatible PC
    • Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP
    • USB port
    • CD-ROM drive
    • Internet access
  • Macintosh
    • Macintosh OS X 10.2 or later
    • USB port
    • CD-ROM drive
    • Internet access



Customer Reviews:   Read 1390 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Generallys works fine, but some hiccups   August 28, 2008
This is my first univeral remote. I like that I can program it to turn on multiple items at one time (TV, receiver, HDMI switcher, HD-DVD player). Sometimes though, it doesn't always turn them all at the right time and things get thrown off.

I sometimes still use my original remotes, but this one has definitely made the turning on and off much more straight forward. Of course, it can't control my PS3, but I knew that going in.



5 out of 5 stars Awesome   August 28, 2008
The 2nd remote worked great right out of the box. I just entered my components into the harmony software and it did the rest. The first remote i got the volume up and channel down didn't work. Harmony sent me a new remote and everything was taken care of.


4 out of 5 stars good   August 28, 2008
good looking remote , easy to used
I can add as many remote as I want to
I bought a karaoke DVD player in Vietnam , I can't find a replacement remote control untill I found Harmony remote it work very very good
Thanks Harmony



5 out of 5 stars Great universal remote!   August 28, 2008
This is my second Harmony 880. The first one worked for over three years, but finally the buttons stopped responding. This second remote has a much better button feel than the first, so hopefully it will last longer.

If you only have a television and a cable/satellite box, then you probably don't need this. But if your system is even slightly more complex than that, get this remote. Setup is a breeze, and it will allow you to get the most out of your system.



4 out of 5 stars Good remote, but not perfect   August 27, 2008
First the good: the remote works well, and is very versatile. It can learn any IR device you have, and the online database of ready to go remotes is huge, so if you have lost your old remote, it is probably in the database for you.

The form factor is easy to hold and press the buttons with one hand. The keys are back lit, and the full color screen is easy to read.

It's rechargeable, and the remote cradle helps you keep track of where you left the remote!


Now the less than good:

A) The remote does not sit solidly in its cradle - you have to wiggle it to make sure it charges.

B) The setup software leaves much to be desired:

1) You cannot reorder the devices list - it is created in the order you create devices, and that is the order they appear on the remote. If you have more than 8 devices, then some will be on a second page on the remote screen - while it would be preferable to have certain "hot" devices on that main screen.

2) The database if full of commands that don't exist, and that end up on your list of commands for you to delete - and deleting commands, and moving commands around is tedious - in some cases there are 10 pages of "additional commands" on the remote to page through - and to delete them and reorder these commands is simply annoying.

3) When you try to create your own device, the software will push a device template on you that may or may not work well.

4) You cannot set "evergreen" commands. For instance, the volume +- should be work the receiver volume REGARDLESS what device is active. You can only make this happen as an "activity", and have to individually program it for each activity.

5) In general, the software is a bit clumsy to use - it's a Java based app, and therefore does not use the drag and drop functionality of the operating system (Windoze or Mac) - and leaves much to be desired.


A well designed application would allow for drag and drop command arrangement, setting evergreen keys (such as making volume and mute affect the receiver at all times), Assigning the order of devices both on the main device menu, and while a specific activity was active.


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